Hope he was given a breathalyser test.

Former President Jagdeo got sick, Minister Ashni drunk and crash , like Freedom House need to do a wuk.

Any bets as to what Druggie may speculate? AFC gave the Minister rum to drink.

Burnham caused this. He created Mash and de man sport up and drink up.

Finance Minister crashes into taxi; driver, passenger say he left scene without assisting

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Denis Scott Chabrol

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh crashed his vehicle into a car on Garnett Street and Delph Avenue, Campbelville resulting in the taxi driver and his lone passenger being slightly hurt.

The taxi driver and the passenger accused the Minister of  leaving the scene and failing to provide assistance.

Brian Young, a close associate of the government, arrived about 45 minutes later on the scene and promised the driver and the passenger in the presence of other persons that medical and car expenses would be taken care of. He was evidently upset that reporters were taking his photograph. The taxi driver, Jaggernauth Hira, however, said he wanted the agreement in writing.

Young arrived almost one hour after the accident. Hira, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara said the Finance Minister was driving north along Delph Avenue. Hira alleged that Singh breached the major road and slammed the Nissan Pathfinder, PMM 3860, into his car, HB 7194, that was travelling west along Garnett Street.  The car, whose front left side was badly damaged, ended up in a gutter on Delph Avenue and Singh’s vehicle stood on the corner.

At the back of the vehicle was seen a cooler with bottles of alcohol including Johnny Walker.

Hira and his passenger complained bitterly that Singh left the scene without rendering assistance, a situation he described as irresponsible by a member of government. “He didn’t say anything to us,” he said. “He didn’t look at us. He just walked away and then he disappear,” said Parbattie Shivcharran, adding that he didn’t even assist in taking them to the hospital.

The taxi driver said he sustained injury to his right knee and could have barely exited the car.

Shivcharran said she was on the back seat of the car when the accident occurred. “All I hear is the impact of this vehicle hit we and we fly straight into the corner. Thank God I am alive,” she said, adding that she was suffering from severe headache. The woman was going to East Bank Demerara to pick up her husband.

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Denis Scott Chabrol

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh crashed his vehicle into a car on Garnett Street and Delph Avenue, Campbelville resulting in the taxi driver and his lone passenger being slightly hurt.

The taxi driver and the passenger accused the Minister of  leaving the scene and failing to provide assistance.

Brian Young, a close associate of the government, arrived about 45 minutes later on the scene and promised the driver and the passenger in the presence of other persons that medical and car expenses would be taken care of. He was evidently upset that reporters were taking his photograph. The taxi driver, Jaggernauth Hira, however, said he wanted the agreement in writing.

Young arrived almost one hour after the accident. Hira, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara said the Finance Minister was driving north along Delph Avenue. Hira alleged that Singh breached the major road and slammed the Nissan Pathfinder, PMM 3860, into his car, HB 7194, that was travelling west along Garnett Street.  The car, whose front left side was badly damaged, ended up in a gutter on Delph Avenue and Singh’s vehicle stood on the corner.

At the back of the vehicle was seen a cooler with bottles of alcohol including Johnny Walker.

Hira and his passenger complained bitterly that Singh left the scene without rendering assistance, a situation he described as irresponsible by a member of government. “He didn’t say anything to us,” he said. “He didn’t look at us. He just walked away and then he disappear,” said Parbattie Shivcharran, adding that he didn’t even assist in taking them to the hospital.

The taxi driver said he sustained injury to his right knee and could have barely exited the car.

Shivcharran said she was on the back seat of the car when the accident occurred. “All I hear is the impact of this vehicle hit we and we fly straight into the corner. Thank God I am alive,” she said, adding that she was suffering from severe headache. The woman was going to East Bank Demerara to pick up her husband.

This makes me extremely sad. If a Minister does this, why should we condemn a policeman who breaks the law???

Hira and his passenger complained bitterly that Singh left the scene without rendering assistance, a situation he described as irresponsible by a member of government. “He didn’t say anything to us,” he said. “He didn’t look at us. He just walked away and then he disappear,” said Parbattie Shivcharran, adding that he didn’t even assist in taking them to the hospital.

haul he rass before the courts and mek he an example . . . a minister wid he kind of responsibility should know better - on so many different levels

No morals whatsoever from these fellas, dam!

Come now, Redux, you know that is not going to happen.

This demonstrates his arrogance, his care for the people of Guyana and utter disprespect for the law.

ow bai, of course u rite

sometimes me does fantasize dat Guyana is a normal country, not the fetid, abscessed skuuntry it has become under dis PPP

Emperors answer to NO ONE.

There can be compelling reason to suggest that he was pissing drunk and leave the scene of the accident so that no one could find out the facts.

And then again, one could assume that he was hurt and went to get help.

By leaving the scene of the accident, was he breaking the law?

What soever are the facts he need to address that this morning.

Further more the police need to say why he was not arrested.

dunno bout the fine points of Guyana law, but leaving the scene of an accident is a crime hay in Region 11

driving pissing drunk is felonious all ova

Why is the PPP hanging on to Burnham coattails?

Bai, not only in region 11 but also 12 13 (USA, CANADA, ENGLAND) and all over the world.

ONLY IN THE CORRUPTED PPP/C GUYANA CAN SUCH OCCURANCES BE LEGAL

Ashni should know better, based on interviews I saw on utube, he appears to be an intelligent man but I question his judgment, alcohol brings down the best of humans. Unfortunately he left the scene of the accident according to witnesses, so no alcohol test could be done. We can not convict a person based on hearsay that he was drunk.  At the very least there should be charges for leaving the scene of an accident unless Ministers are exempt from this due to security concerns. Let us wait for his side of the story.

Senator From Idaho Is Arrested on a Drunken Driving Charge

 

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

• ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Senator Michael D. Crapo of Idaho was arrested early Sunday and charged with driving under the influence in a suburb of Washington, D.C., the authorities said.       

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Michael D. Crapo         

Mr. Crapo, a Republican, was pulled over after his vehicle ran a red light, the police in Alexandria said. He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested about 12:45 a.m., said a police spokesman, Jody Donaldson, and then was taken to the Alexandria jail and released on an unsecured $1,000 bond about 5 a.m.       

“There was no refusal” to take sobriety tests, Mr. Donaldson said, and “no accident, no injuries.”       

“Just a traffic stop that resulted in a D.U.I.,” he said.

hAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE afc is not responsible for his drunken driving.

Again you are speculating that he was drunk, as it seems you have taken this as fact. This would not hold up in any US courts.

Eyewitnesses are saying that he looked intoxicated but then again the man could have been tired.

somebody should have do the right thing and stick a knife into him then we well know if he drunk or not

Ow you want to murder the Hon Minister fro  alil road accident.

no not a road accident for being so arrogant these people have no respect for their fellow human being if you vex that your problem this is one guyanese with his back to the wall and have enough of these ppp ass 

chief which part he act Honorable when he was drunk or when he walk away from the accident   

That ids why his sorry ass should have been in the slammer and not beknived as you suggest.

You are violent and violence cannot solve Guyan's problems, you se what happen in Linden the police will shoot and kill you.

fight fire with fire water is not available even with all the flooding

People woh are public figures should show superior intelect and not do as one who doan give a darn about matters. by no means should he leave the scene of an accident drunk or not unless an ambulance is taking him away from the scene  

Ramakant_P how yuh doing?

Any word from the Home aFFAIRS mINISTER IN REGARDS TO THIS ACCIDENT?

then the people should get guns and shoot back its call a war for freedom and we shall call the people freedom fighters now all who is a coward and do not want to fight can hide under their bed,how much space you have under your bed.violence is the only thing that can solve guyana problem the ppp will not change and the constitution will always be their to keep them in power.at present the ppp is laughing at the opposition  

Are you not tired advocating violence? Amral or Raymond should suspend you for advocating violence against your own people. What a disgrace for a human being. Guyana has seen her share of violence. For god's sake, stop your lunatic behavior.

Any word as if this Minister was charged?

Where is the drunk Nehru?

Maybe that boy should go back to Guyana and lead the charge, hiding behind a keyboard and calling for violence and war is different from the real thing,. 

Drunk, tipsy or sober, Mr Ashni Singh should not have walked away from the accident scene before police arrived.

As a senior government minister and a prominent Hindu leader, he should have set an example.

Further, he should have shown compassion to the injured taxi driver Hira and his passenger.

It was within Mr Singh's power to summon an ambulance and the police.

His judgement was not in working order at the time of the crash.

In the near future we will hear that he has activiated his one man revolutionary army battling to overthrow an elected government. Stay tuned.

The bane of drunk driving

The law is clear; avoid driving after drinking. The records would show that too many accidents, many of them fatal, were caused by drunk driving. All over the world law enforcement officers take a very serious view of this offence.
In the United States there is a law that actually makes a fatality caused by a drunk driver a murder. It stemmed from a drunk driver killing a young person. The mother went the distance to get the authorities to deem such accidents a homicide and succeeded. The first person will be spending a very long time in jail, perhaps never to see the streets again.
In Guyana we have had our fair share of such road deaths but the longest anyone spent in jail is four years. To add to the trauma, people do not take legal action against the perpetrator. It is as though whatever the courts decide is the end of the matter.
The insurance companies try their bit but the level of insurance is so low that the companies opt for the victim to spend some money up front before chipping in. And depending on the coverage the other person has, there is a limit to how far the compensation would go.
One would expect that those entrusted with upholding the law would at least adhere to the law but this is observed more in the breach. It is perhaps a case of do as I say and not as I do. Then again, it may be a case that the perpetrators may consider themselves above the law and could subvert the course of justice.
There have been quite a few cases of prominent people getting off scot free because they managed to slip some money to the police who in turn would botch the investigation. Sometimes the perpetrator is so high up the social ladder that even the police are afraid to pursue their investigations.
For example, there is a policeman, albeit a special constable who is crippled for the rest of his natural life. He was riding along the East Coast Demerara public road when a Government Minister knocked him down. The Minister fled the scene and his son turned up to claim that he was the driver. Nothing has come out of that matter; there was no prosecution and the victim was never even compensated.
Perhaps the authorities wanted to send a message to the rest of society that only certain people need to be using the roadways. However, lesser drivers have been prosecuted out of hand. On Mash Day, in Alberttown, a police rank driving a police vehicle collided with a car driven by a woman and containing her children.
The policeman failed to stop at a major road and to crown it, he was drunk. Fortunately, members of the public were on hand to raise their voices in protest. The police who turned up claimed that they had no breathalyzer so they had to take the rank to the Brickdam Police Station for testing. A relative of the victim went along so one can assume that the police could not hide the fact.
It was not long after that Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh crashed into a car, this time in Campbellville. He too was drunk and he too failed to stop at the major road. He walked away from the scene without offering any help to the victims. We now want to see if he would be charged with leaving the scene of an accident, with failing to render assistance and above all, drunk driving.
A member of his clique turned up at the scene to offer compensation to the point of replacing the damaged vehicle. This is a case of money talks but the law is still the law. The police should act; the victim must have her day in court.
However, we doubt this very much and thus the indictment of this country and its government.

what you sow that is what you will reap the ppp government sow the phantoms,they kill the people of linden so skeltonman is not me who is violent i just want to repay them in kind i see you calling for me to get ban this is the wimp in you crying out for help well i am expressing my views just like how you  encourage corruption and lawlessness from the ppp government

So when are you going start your one man revolution to overthrow the elected government of Guyana? The world is waiting.

51% of the population remember this when the fire start burn